Month: December 2017

JOHANNESBURG, December 31 – African National Congress stalwarts and veterans – all signatories to the document “For the Sake of our Future” – on Sunday congratulated Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa “as our new president and wish him well in the challenging task of leading the ANC”. “We hope it will be a breath of fresh […]

PRETORIA, December 31 – Improving the quality of life of the South African people, especially the poor and the working class, remains a key priority of government, President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday. “Significant strides” were made in 2017 in fighting poverty, inequality, and unemployment, he said in his new year’s statement. “Despite serious challenges […]

JOHANNESBURG, December 30 – Traffic authorities around the country have stopped and checked almost a million vehicles and tested over 100,000 drivers for drunk driving so far during the festive season, according to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC). “With the festive season coming to an end, traffic law enforcement authorities are gearing themselves for […]

PRETORIA, December 30 – The price of fuel products will drop with effect from midnight on Tuesday, according to the energy department. Petrol 93 octane ULP (unleaded) and LRP (lead replacement) will drop by 29 cents a litre (c/l), petrol 95 ULP and LRP by 34c/l, diesel 0.05 percent sulphur by 22c/l, and diesel 0.005 […]

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated George Weah on his election as Liberia’s next president. Buhari issued a statement Friday that also commended the Liberian people “on the peaceful conduct of the historic presidential runoff election. ” He called Tuesday’s vote “another plus on Africa’s democratic scoreboard.” Buhari says Nigeria is ready to work with […]

CAPE TOWN, December 29 – The South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) has hailed the ruling by the Constitutional Court on the University of the Free State’s language policy as a “positive step towards multilingualism”. The ConCourt on Friday ruled that the UFS’ language policy, adopted in March 2016 and which saw Afrikaans and English […]

JOHANNESBURG, December 29 – Hundreds of mourners and industry heavyweights gathered at Grace Bible Church in Soweto on Friday to pay tribute and celebrate the life and times of music producer extraordinaire Robbie Malinga. Malinga, who died of pancreatic cancer on Christmas Day after a long sickbed, was celebrated in song and dance by fellow […]

DURBAN, December 29 – A man suspected of killing two people and wounding two others at a wedding in KwaZulu-Natal province this week was arrested after he was spotted hitchhiking by a constable, police said on Friday Constable Thuthukani Khuzwayo used his own car to trace the suspect who had shot four people, two fatally, […]

JOHANNESBURG, December 29 – More than 2,000 drivers have been arrested across the country for driving under the influence since the beginning of the 2017 festive season, the Road Traffic Management Corporation said on Friday. The RTMC said that more than 105,000 drivers were tested for alcohol and 2,247 drivers were arrested for having alcohol […]

JOHANNESBURG, December 29 – Former Mpumalanga Black Aces owners, brothers George and Mario Morfou, are reportedly looking to buy Platinum Stars and relocate the North West province club to Johannesburg. There has been ongoing speculation that Stars may be forced into selling their top-flight franchise due to financial difficulties, and head coach Roger De Sa […]

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